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How To Use Google Forms To Create Your Own Self-Grading Quiz
Are you a teacher or trainer? Someone involved in a hiring process? Do you need to check somehow that other people have the skills or knowledge that you expect them to? Well, you're going to love what you can do using Google Forms. You can create a self-grading test for whatever your purposes are. That's powerful!
Using NFC? 3 Security Risks To Be Aware Of
NFC, which stands for near-field communication, is the next evolution and is already a core feature in some of the newer smartphone models like the Nexus 4 and Samsung Galaxy S4. But as with all technologies, NFC comes with its own set of risks.
FullRecall: A Cross-Platform Tool to Remember Everything
The human memory can store data for an amazingly long time, but unlike a computer, we have a hard time recalling information that’s not frequently used or obviously important. We can have hard time digging up important details from a book read just a few weeks ago. Repetition is a great way to work around this problem. This concept is core to FullRecall, a simple, free program that can be customized to help you remember anything you’d like. Let’s take a look at how this app can help you improve your memory.
Quip: A Collaborative, Mobile-First Word Processor For iOS & Web
While a tablet or smartphone certainly can't (presently) do everything our PCs can, there are certain tasks that may be better suited to your mobile devices, such as word processing. While typing thousands of words on your iPad or iPhone might not sound like your idea of a good time, there's no denying how useful it is to have access to your documents wherever you are. One novel approach to mobile word processing Quip (free), a collaborative mobile-first word processor that also works as a web app.
5 Unique Alternative YouTube Apps for iOS Devices
When iOS 6 took the original YouTube app away, many developers scrambled to create their own versions of the video app. Of course, we now have the official Google YouTube app, but this doesn't mean its return after a brief absence has stopped these creative minds. Since that portion of the app market opened up, it never really has closed. Here are five unique alternative YouTube apps for iOS devices.
Impress Your Friends and Shame Your Enemies With 6 Stunning Android Themes
Custom themes can turn your phone from boring to awesome in minutes, it just takes a few configuration tweaks and apps. Recently, I raided the Reddit subreddit, /r/androidthemes, for some of its latest and best work. After spending hours pouring through page, after page of material, I discovered several themes with astounding beauty. Read on for my list of the top six custom themes.
Goodbye Casual Games, These iOS Games Are Made For Hardcore Gamers Only
The App Store has certainly become the home of casual games, which might leave some serious gamers scratching their heads. With enough searching you will find plenty of games made with hardcore gamers in mind. Fans of shooters, strategy, and all other genres can find quality games to play on the App Store. If you're sick of simple games that seem to be made for the casual gamer, the ones you will find on this list will suit you just perfectly.
Nerd It Up With 6 Awesome iOS & Android Simulation Games
Simulation games used to be all the rage. Games like Sim City, Microsoft Flight Simulator and Freespace 2 practically sold themselves. These days PC gaming has taken a bit of a tumble from grace and, generally speaking, simulation games don't work so well on consoles – there's just something about sitting in front of your TV from the comfort of the couch that cannot beat the immersive hunched-upright lit-by-CRT appeal of yesteryear. There's good news though. Many simulations have found a new home on iOS & Android as affordable yet equally addictive apps.
5 Good Reasons To Save Your Old Hard Drive From The Trash
Most of us have our data spread across several devices, storage media, or services. Storage capacities continue to expand at affordable prices, digital devices diversify, and as a result we are increasingly moving data to the Cloud. Do you even have a use for your old hard drive anymore? Don't trash it just yet. First, hear what I have to tell you about old hard drives.
Cut, Edit, and Convert Your Videos For Free With Avidemux
When it comes to video editing, most programs currently available are extremely dense and packed with hundreds of options. And why shouldn't they be? Video editing is all about control and that requires a lot of features. The downside is the huge inherent learning curve of such complex programs. What if you want to edit videos on a more basic level? I present to you: Avidemux.
Finding the Best PNG Image Compression Tool
Any image that has a smaller size will load on a web page faster, fit into an email message more easily, and transfer across the Internet more quickly. Compressed images can speed up the entire page load time of your site, and that's really important when you're looking to design a high quality web page that people aren't annoyed to visit because the images take so long to load! In this article, I'll test out four PNG compression apps, provide the results for each case, and then draw a conclusion as to which one performed the best.
What Is PRISM? Everything You Need to Know
The National Security Agency in the US has access to whatever data you're storing with US service providers like Google Microsoft, Yahoo, and Facebook. They're also likely monitoring most of the traffic flowing across the Internet. We'll try to summarize the important revelations about PRISM from the recent leaks and discussions around this important topic.
8 Google Search Tips To Keep Handy At All Times
Figures don't lie, and the figures suggest that the majority of Internet users choose Google over the rest of the competition. With that in mind it's important to make sure all of those Google users are utilizing all that Google has to offer when it comes to its search engine. Everyone knows how to conduct a normal search by typing some words and/or a phrase into the box provided and following the links that emerge from the overcrowded fog. But Google Search offers a lot more than just the basics.
How to Do Green Screen Video in iMovie and Adobe Premiere
Technically known as chroma-keying, green screening is the process of masking a video using color - removing specific parts so you can overlay one video on top of another. An obvious example is the weather, where a presenter will stand in front of what appears to be a giant map. Today I want to show you how to do green screening in iMovie, and Adobe Premiere. It's actually really easy, but something a little unique to consider for your next video project.
What Your Handwriting and Workstation Have To Say About You
You can tell a lot about a person by studying at their handwriting. Take a look at yours. Is there a lot of space between words? That indicated that you enjoy your freedom and don't like to be overwhelmed. Your desk or workstation says a lot about the type of person you are. Are you the minimalist who has nothing else on your desk except for a computer, keyboard and mouse?
Self-Employment Works: 6 Tips To Set Up Your First Online Business From Home
With the explosion of digital technology and fast Internet speeds, more and more people are looking for a way out of the drudge of the commute and the threat of short-term contracts to work from home, running their own businesses where they can be in greater control of the way money is made and spent. Unfortunately, it isn't as easy as quitting your job on Friday and booting up your PC or Mac the following Monday. There are various things you need to have in place.
Browse & Locate Your iCloud Files From Your Mac Using Cloud Mate & Plain Cloud
Apple's iCloud is pretty much an unobtrusive cloud storage service that works well for syncing files between Apple supported devices and supported applications. One shortcoming is that it doesn't easily enable you to access iCloud stored files in your Mac Finder, as you can with files stored in your Dropbox or Google Drive account. For this purpose, Cloud Mate ($6.99) or Plain Cloud (donationware) may just do the trick. These two Mac OS X apps can see all of your iCloud-compatible apps and can reveal their respective folders in the Finder.
Open For All: 6 Computer Science Projects From MIT Media Lab That You Can Try Today
Every great educational institution has one common quality – innovation. MIT Media Labs is one center of excellence which promotes multifaceted thinking, and its “prime directive” is to focus on developments which are at the interface of our daily lives and technology. For 25 years or so the boffins at MIT Media Labs have done just that. These six projects may not make it to the Internet Hall of Fame, but they are fun to try out nonetheless.
Bring Facebook, Instagram & Twitter to Your Browser's Toolbar With These Chrome Extensions
Looking for a more streamlined way to use your favorite social networks? Developer 64 Pixels offers a series of Chrome extensions which let you take three major social networks — Facebook, Twitter and Instagram — out of your smartphone and their native websites, and into a slick and easy-to-access window in your browser bar. You can keep up with what your friends are up to, interact with them the way that you would on the native website (commenting, liking, retweeting etc.), and all from the most convenient place possible: your Chrome toolbar.